List of National Natural Landmarks in Montana
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The following is a list of National Natural Landmarks in Montana. There are 10 in total.
Hell Creek Fossil Area
Glacial Lake Missoula
Middle Fork Canyon
Bug Creek Fossil Area
Capitol Rock
Square Butte
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Montana National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Bridger Fossil Area | 1973 | Carbon | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | Contains fossils of Deinonychus antirrhopus. | ||
2 | Bug Creek Fossil Area | 1966 | 47°40′59″N 106°13′09″W / 47.68299°N 106.219193°W / 47.68299; -106.219193 (Bug Creek Fossil Area) | McCone | federal (Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge) | Produced abundant remains of small, Cretaceous mammals. | |
3 | Capitol Rock | 1976 | 45°35′45″N 104°07′12″W / 45.59584°N 104.120134°W / 45.59584; -104.120134 (Capitol Rock) | Carter | federal (Custer National Forest) | A remnant of the once continuous blanket of Tertiary deposits that covered much of the Great Plains. | |
4 | Cloverly Formation Site | 1973 | Big Horn | tribal land (Crow Nation) | Contains early Cretaceous vertebrate fossils. | ||
5 | Glacial Lake Missoula | 1966 | 46°56′20″N 114°08′37″W / 46.938889°N 114.143611°W / 46.938889; -114.143611 (Lake Missoula) | Sanders | private | Contains the best examples of giant flood ripples in the North American continent. | |
6 | Hell Creek Fossil Area | 1966 | 46°09′N 107°29′W / 46.15°N 107.48°W / 46.15; -107.48 (Hell Creek Fossil Area) | Several | mixed- state, private | The type locality for Tyrannosaurus rex, Ankylosaurus magniventris, and Brachychampsa fontana fossils. | |
7 | Medicine Lake Site | 1980 | 48°28′05″N 104°22′54″W / 48.468056°N 104.381667°W / 48.468056; -104.381667 (Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge) | Sheridan | federal (Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge) | An exceptional example of the processes of continental glaciation, including till, outwash, eskers, kames, and terrace deposits. | |
8 | Middle Fork Canyon | 1977 | 46°07′54″N 111°06′35″W / 46.131701°N 111.109849°W / 46.131701; -111.109849 (Middle Fork Canyon) | Gallatin | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | An outstanding example of a canyon cut across the grain of the geologic structure by a superposed stream. | |
9 | Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | 1966 | 44°37′49″N 111°46′53″W / 44.630278°N 111.781389°W / 44.630278; -111.781389 (Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge) | Beaverhead | federal | A series of relatively undisturbed, high-altitude ecosystem types representative of pre-European settlement conditions. | |
10 | Square Butte (mountain) | 1980 | 47°28′35″N 110°14′31″W / 47.476499°N 110.241999°W / 47.476499; -110.241999 (Square Butte (mountain)) | Chouteau | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | One of the best examples of banded magmatic rock in the United States. |
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